The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-04-07

is at an end He can burn the churn,
and give his wife a lighter load and a
brighter home. The work Of milking
and handling the milk becomes the
labor of men, and with the improved
cans and system of the cream being
taken by the creamery men, there is
left the sweet skim milk for the far
mer to feed to his increased number
of calves and pigs.
This keeping of the milk and feed
ing it, is one of the most desirable
features of the creamery system. 1t
Is is in the line Of soil improvement
as well as of stock improvement. As
a feed for calves and pigs it is, like
grass, the only perfect feed. By these
there is that harmonious development
of bone and fiber which round out in
to the profitable and handsome
animal. The young stock is made
thrifty, and the farmer is encouraged
to raise more stock, because Of the
greater success attending his efforts.
By the combination of sweet skim
milk, grass and corn, he can make bet
ter cattle and pigs at less cost per
pound than is possible by the old
method of dry feed.
When the farmer sells his mink to
the cheese factory, he is selling fertil-
ity from his farm. The cream does
not contain the nitrogen, the phos-
phoric acid and potash. 1t contains
the carbonaceous elements. The ele-
ments of skim milk are the same for
which the farmers are paying the
manufacturers of commercial fertili-
zers over S25 100000 annually.
A good DAIRY COW will give 5000
lbs Of milk "a year. In this milk there
are: 25 lbs. of nitrogen, worth in
Ohio 2Oc. a pound, or S5; II lbs. of
phosphoric acid, at lie, S132; 7 lbs.
of potash, at Sc, equal 35c. That is
to say, the skim milk from each COW
contains S6.67 worth of fertilizer.
But for feed for calves it is worth
far more, since every twenty pounds
of milk is good for one pound of
growth in the calf or pig, or 250
pound, which, at four cents, makes
the feeding value of one cows milk
worth $40. But as an adjunct to 9TH
er feed it is worth double that sum,
since fed with meal, fodder or hay it
induces a more complete digestion and
assimilation Of food, and gives in
creased value to other feeding stuffs
fed with it. As help to better stock
and more of it then, more sweet milk
means increased income and better
husbandry:
But will selling the cream pays as
we'll as for the farmers wife to make
it into butter? is the question the
farmer will want answered before he
will agree to turn his attention to
producing cream. The butter made
on the farms does not bring on an av-
erage fifteen cents the year round. In
a few cases it may bring more. The
cream which will make pound of
butter will usually sell at home, to be
called for and skinned by the cream
cry man, for fifteen to seventeen
cents; which is saving of labor and
no diminution Of income. 1t brings
the relief sought for. 1t saves the
wife and the soil from overwork and
decline.
As the creamery pays, weekly OF
monthly, it brings ready cash at regu-
lar times, and saves the farmer and
the merchant from the evils of store
accounts. The quality Of the butter
made in the neighborhood is improved
and finds ready sale at price which
greatly enhances the sum total realized
in the neighborhood
But space fails me to say more. A
few only Of the advantages of the
creamery system over the old methods
have been mentioned. The success OF
creamery depends so much on the
management of it that we can not al
ways be confident of making a cream
cry pay. But the history of the sys-
tenn shows few failures compared with
successes. L. N. B.